Ah rats. This has not been my year.
An hour ago I was robbed at gunpoint. I'm so amusingly used to life in Colombia that I'm not rattled by having a gun to my head, but I *am* kicking myself for thinking I was okay because there were two people a meter ahead, and two people a meter behind. The last time I got robbed at gunpoint, 3 years ago, I had also relaxed into having folks nearby.
*Never* let your guard down.
Phone blocked! Now just waiting for 8am to reclaim my number & reset key apps.
@MLClark unfortunately that's a latin america tradition
sorry it happened to you, but glad to know you are physically ok
please be safe, and i hope you let the authorities know
edit: one of our latin america traditions
@elmaxx Hah! Last time I was robbed here, I filed a report, and the person taking it lectured me for having an unsafe hobby like running. Why didn't I just bike, he asked. I pointed out that if I biked, and if I was jumped while biking, I'd still be there filing a report and he'd be lecturing me for having an unsafe hobby like biking, and asking why I didn't just run instead. 😉 Been through all of this before. Cheers, Maxx! Life goes on.
@elmaxx (The other Latin American tradition: knowing that police ain't gonna help with any of this. Colombia has one of the highest rates of cell phone theft in the world. But! The phone *is* registered, so after I reported it stolen last night, it's been flagged in the system. So there's that.)